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Below is the actual copy of the AB-1825 assembly bill (California Government Code Section 12950.1). SexualHarassmentClass.com Meet's California's AB 1825 requirements

BILL NUMBER: AB 1825 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT

CHAPTER 933
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 24, 2004
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 18, 2004
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 16, 2004
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 20, 2004
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 28, 2004
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 24, 2004

INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Reyes

JANUARY 20, 2004

An act to add Section 12950.1 to the Government Code, relating to employment practices.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1825, Reyes. Sexual harassment: training and education.
Existing law makes certain specified employment practices unlawful, including the harassment of an employee directly by the employer or indirectly by agents of the employer with the employer's knowledge. Existing law further requires every employer to act to ensure a workplace free of sexual harassment by implementing certain minimum requirements, including posting sexual harassment information posters at the workplace and obtaining and making available an information sheet on sexual harassment.
This bill would require employers with 50 or more employees to provide 2 hours of training and education to all supervisory employees, as specified, within one year of January 1, 2005, unless the employer has provided sexual harassment training and education to employees after January 1, 2003. The bill would require each employer to provide sexual harassment training and education to each supervisory employee once every 2 years, after January 1, 2006. The bill would require the state to incorporate this training into the 80 hours of training provided to all new supervisory employees, using existing resources. The bill would provide that a claim that the training and education did not reach a particular individual does not automatically result in the liability of an employer for sexual harassment and that an employer's compliance with these provisions does not insulate the employer from liability for sexual harassment of any current or former employee or applicant. The bill would specify that the statute establishes a minimum threshold for training and education and that employers may provide training and education beyond that required by the statute to prevent and correct sexual harassment and discrimination.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Section 12950.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:
12950.1. (a) By January 1, 2006, an employer having 50 or more employees shall provide at least two hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees who are employed as of July 1, 2005, and to all new supervisory employees within six months of their assumption of a supervisory position. Any employer who has provided this training and education to a supervisory employee after January 1, 2003, is not required to provide training and education by the January 1, 2006, deadline. After January 1, 2006, each employer covered by this section shall provide sexual harassment training and education to each supervisory employee once every two years. The training and education required by this section shall include information and practical guidance regarding the federal and state statutory provisions concerning the prohibition against and the prevention and correction of sexual harassment and the remedies available to victims of sexual harassment in employment. The training and education shall also include practical examples aimed at instructing supervisors in the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, and shall be presented by trainers or educators with knowledge and expertise in the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.
(b) The state shall incorporate the training required by subdivision (a) into the 80 hours of training provided to all new supervisory employees pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19995.4 of the Government Code, using existing resources.
(c) For purposes of this section only, "employer" means any person regularly employing 50 or more persons or regularly receiving the services of 50 or more persons providing services pursuant to a contract, or any person acting as an agent of an employer, directly or indirectly, the state, or any political or civil subdivision of the state, and cities.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (j) and (k) of Section 12940, a claim that the training and education required by this section did not reach a particular individual or individuals shall not in and of itself result in the liability of any employer to any present or former employee or applicant in any action alleging sexual harassment. Conversely, an employer's compliance with this section does not insulate the employer from liability for sexual harassment of any current or former employee or applicant.
(e) If an employer violates the requirements of this section, the commission shall issue an order requiring the employer to comply with these requirements.
(f) The training and education required by this section is intended to establish a minimum threshold and should not discourage or relieve any employer from providing for longer, more frequent, or more elaborate training and education regarding workplace harassment or other forms of unlawful discrimination in order to meet its obligations to take all reasonable steps necessary to prevent and correct harassment and discrimination.